Associate Director, Publishing

The role

The Associate Director, Publishing provides strategic leadership for the PLOS journal portfolio. This person leads a team of Publishers to ensure portfolio priorities and journal development strategies align with organizational goals.

What you will do

• Develop and implement a portfolio-wide publishing strategy.
• Lead regular portfolio reviews and develop recommendations regarding journal positioning and growth.
• Support Publishers in responding to changes in research communities and the publishing market.
• Oversee publishing budgets and forecasts.
• Act as a thought partner to, and deputize for, the Director, Publishing & Publishing Operations.
• Build productive partnerships across Editorial, Sales, Product, Technology, Marketing, Finance, and Research Integrity.
• Lead, develop, and support a team of senior publishing professionals.
• Provide coaching, professional development, succession planning, and performance management.
• Model the culture and behaviors PLOS is seeking to build.
• Lead change effectively with clear strategic rationale and accountability.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Business problem solver.
• Substantial experience launching Open Access journals from proposal to publication.
• Strong commercial and financial skills, including experience with budgeting, forecasting, business planning and P&L ownership.
• Substantial experience in STM publishing with progressively increased responsibility.
• Experience managing senior publishing professionals, or comparable portfolio leaders.
• Proven ability to develop and execute strategic plans that deliver measurable business and operational outcomes.
• Strong track record of leading and developing high-performing, geographically distributed teams.
• Exceptional communication, relationship-building, and stakeholder management skills across cultures, disciplines, and organizational functions.
• Dedication to open access and transforming scholarly communication.
• Prolonged periods stationary at a desk and working on a computer.
• Some flexibility to work across time zones may be required.

Nice to have

• Experience leading high-volume journal portfolios and/or megajournals.

Benefits

• US: 401k with employer match
• US: Employee sponsored health, dental and vision insurance (Dental and Vision 100% employer paid)
• US: Paid Vacation, 11 public holidays and sick leave
• US: Parental leave
• US: Birthday and three winter holidays days off
• US: Short term and long term disability insurance
• US: 2 days paid time off for volunteering per year
• US: Fully remote work environment with stipend on joining for home office
• UK: Private medical insurance
• UK: Life assurance
• UK: Income protection
• UK: Personal accident insurance

About the company

PLOS is a catalyst in open science, reimagining models to meet open science principles and promoting inclusion in knowledge creation and sharing. Their work is supported by a global in-house team and a diverse, international community of scientific researchers.